Current-operated water-elevator.



No( 855,855. PATENTBD JUNE 4, 1907 A, N. JONES.

CURRENT OPERTED WAE', ELEVATGE.

ALEXANDER N. JoNEs, or sAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

CURRENT-OPERATED WATER-ELEVATOR.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 190'?.4

Application filed October 29,1906. Serial No. 341.191.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER N.- JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing atSan Diego, county of San Diego, and State. of California, have invented a new Current-Op'- erated Water-Elevator, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This inv'ention relates to apparatus operated by the iiow of water in a stream to elevate a portion of such water for irrigation and other pur oses. A

AThe main o ject of the invention-is to provide means forthis purpose which Will be of extreme simplicity and cheapness of construction and effectiveness inloperation.

Another'obj ect of the invention is to provide, in a device of this character, -means adapting it for discharging-at either side so as to enable it to b e used on either bank of the river. 1

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 isa section on line 2-:z;2, Fig. 1. 3 is a detail section of aportion of the rim and the attached buckets. F' 4 is an end view showing the river.

The a paratus. comprises 'a wheel formed preferab y with a hub 1, spokes 2 extending therefrom, a cylindrical rim 3 supported on said spokes, buckets 4" and pockets 5, carried'v by or formed on said rim. Rings 6 are supported on the spokes, 2 and supplementary spokes 7 extend outwrdlyfrom said rings,` t

e spokes 2 and 7 beingfastened to the i rings 6 and to internal flanges 8 on the rim 3.

Said spokes are preferablyformed of angle iron, one arm of the angle lying against and fastened to iianges aforesaid and the other arm extending inwardly in a plane parallel to the axis of the wheel.

-Plates 10 extend across from side to side and are fastened to the inwardly extending ianges of the angle iron spokes. Angle members or strips 12 also extend across from side to side, one arm or member of each angle strip resting against the forward face of the corresponding spokes and theothei` arm or member extending over the oute ends of the spokes into contact with the back plate 10 o the bucket so that said plate 10 and the angle strip 12 form between them the pocket 5. This pocket only extendspart Way to.

Ward the rim 3 of the wheel, terminating at the side plates 13 of the buckets. The pocket ets 4 and pockets.

by saidside walls and the inner portions of. plates 10, serve to receive and hold the water. discharged from said pockets when the latter back of the next bucket'.

the application o the apparatus inA thus extends outwardly from the bucket and opens inwardly thereinto. Plate 10 has two functions, its rear surface'to receive the impact or action of the .water running inthe stream, to turn the-wheel, and that portion plates 5 also serving as one wall' of the buck- The buckets 5, formed pass above the horizontal plane, and thus serve as. supplementary means to elevate the water above the axis of rotation. The said side plates 13 are provided with means for of the plate which extends `between the side ,f

discharging of the Water near the top of the Wheel, said means consistin of slots 14which extend from about'the midl mentary .bucket space forward, say. tothe Toenable the discharge of the water from either side, the plates 13 on each side are preferably provided with these slots oropenings, means being provided for closing the slots on one side when discharge at theother side is desired.-

e of each supple' Such means consist of valve rings- 16 having o enings A15 and surrounding the cylindrical rim 3 and iitting -thereon so as to turn in contact with the rim and with the side walls or plates 13. I

The cross 1plates 10 which serve as Water blades and a pockets, extend out beyond the side walls 13 so as Walls for the buckets and and preferably beyond the rim 3, so as tofgc properly direct the discharge of water, these plates bein formed with slots 17 to receive and guidet e valve rings 1 6.`

The application of the device'is shown in Fig. 4, the Wheel being mounted by a shaft or arbor '18, on rings or supports 20 cairied by A iiume'or trough'19 is ioats or barges 21.

supported in position to receive the discharge .from the Wheel, this trough being placedl at either sideaccording to which way the water is to be discharged. This trough is ofsuflif cient Width to extend under all of these outlets from which Water is Idischarged. The operation of the device is. as follows Assuming that the trou h 19 'is placed as in Fig. 4, on the left side,

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e valve ring on the i other side is turned to close all the bucket t I outlets on that side. The current in the stream actin on the lates 1() turns the Wheelinthe irection o the arrow in Fig. 1, and in this rotation the' pockets continuall dip up 'water and retain it until they reac i the level of theiwheel axis, 4in passing this point, the Water runs outof the pockets 5 into the buckets 4, and the buckets then raise it further and discharge it at the top of the Wheel.V .In this discharge, the extensions or` end portions of the cross plates ll() serve to prising a Wheel having a cylindrical rirn fornilng the bottoms of the buckets, side Walls forming the ends of the buckets, back plates separating the buckets, and pockets in front of said .back plates and opening into the bucketsi` 3. A Vrcurrentoperated Water elevator comprising a Wheel 'having ai cylindrical rirn,

buckets on said rim having lateral outlets on each side, and closure means on the Wheei for closing the outlets on either side;

, 4. A current operated Water elevator coniprising a Wheel having a cylindrical rirn, buckets on said rim having lateral outlets,

pockets extending outwardlyT from the buck-l 3o ets and opening inwardly thereunto, and means for closing said outlets.

5. 'A current operated Water elevator com# prising `4a Wheel having a cylindrical rim,

buckets on said rim having lateral outlets .on 35 each side, pockets extending outwardly from the buckets and opening inwardly thereunto, and meansor closingthe outlets on either side.

"In testimony whereof., I have hereunto set 4o my hand at San Diego, California, this 23rd day of October, 1906.

' ALEXANDER N. JONES In presence of- 4 A. E. DoDsoN, -F. M, LooKWooD. 

